Retired teacher willing to share my home with travelers looking to stay in Manhattan specifically in Harlem. I enjoy traveling,exotic animals, gardening and meeting new people of different cultures. Locals are just as welcomed. Willing to tutor in english.

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Reviews From Guests

We were there over the New Years celebrations.
The apartment was great loads of space for the six people in our party to be comfortable in the Living room and kitchen. The main bedroom room was very spacious and lots of day light but the other two were a little dark due to being lite by floor lamps and bed side lamps which was a little bit of puzzle late at night. The beds are firm but comfortable.
Taryn is a nice, helpful and friendly host who shared lots of time with us and was willing to help out with any requests.

Taryn is a great host - very accommodating and communicative. The apartment is HUGE and very comfortable. We were there during the Marathon and a drink stand and volunteers were setup right outside our front door! It was very easy to get to lines 2,3 and 4,5,6 with a short walk...and another short walk gets you to Central Park.

We arrived and were greeted by a very friendly Taryn. The accommodation was absolutely fine. The location is ideal. Subway very close. Buses along 5th and along Madison. Very quiet for sleeping! Friendly local corner 'deli' which was very convenient. There are some stairs so be prepared to carry your suitcases. Not Mt. Everest! Beds were really comfortable and the flat was clean. I would recommend this flat without reservation.

we stayed w/ taryn at two apartments at this address. this one is the smaller of the two. unit matches the description and was pleasant for our crew once we adjusted to the smaller size (moving some of our people to an alternate address)
We thought we had pre-arranged our second stay for the larger unit, but, unfortunately, we had a communication failure and taryn rented the larger unit for that time so we had to scramble at the end to place 2 of our people in another unit in the city. I think we shared responsibility for this communication failure, so, it was probably a mutual lesson more than a negative that I would attribute to our host. But, I would encourage future renters to make sure to communicate special requests very clearly to avoid similar issues to ours.

I thought this issue was laid to rest, apparently not. Let's be clear, no reservation is accepted by request only. Reservations are accepted (booked) when monies have been exchanged. This occurred during our initial contact, I had no idea of who you were or what you were about. You mentioned something about wanting the place for another time but were unclear at the time about the dates and no monies were exchanged. You know what I went through to accommodate you.......let it go.
Look forward to working with you in the future!

apartment was very nice and worked well for us, 4 persons comfortably housed. taryn was available and attentive to helping my crew get checked in, find the keys, learn about the neighborhood, etc.
no negatives from our perspective, very positive.
recommended.